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JENNIFER ANISTON IS 45 TODAY

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Jennifer Joanna Aniston

Aniston’s role as Rachel Green on the NBC-TV sitcom Friends from 1994 to
2004 earned her an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen
Actors Guild Award. She worked as a telemarketer, waitress, and bike
messenger to support her acting career, and appeared in the 1990 Fox
television series Molloy and the 1993 horror film, Leprechaun.

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THE SCHNOZ WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1893

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                         James Francis "Jimmy" Durante

                   (February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980)

Durante was a singer, pianist, comedian, and actor. He was one
of America’s most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s
through the 1970s.

After the death of his wife, Jeanne Olsen, in 1943, he began the
ending of his radio program with the phrase, "Goodnight Mrs.
Calabash, wherever you are," as a tribute to her.

Jimmy Durante created the voice for Frosty the Snowman in the
1969 animated Christmas cartoon, Frosty the Snowman.

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LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY

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                                            Tim maguire
                                             TIM MAGUIRE

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FIFTY YEARS AGO ON THIS DAY IN 1964

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(AP) – The Beatles made their first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show," America’s
must-see weekly variety show, on Sunday, Feb. 9, 1964. And officially kicked off
Beatlemania on this side of the pond.

More than 70 million viewers were tuned to the program, airing live from the studio
in Manhattan which now houses the “Late Show With David Letterman.” 

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STAND-UP COMEDIAN IS 73 TODAY

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Comedian Robert Klein gained popularity for the sharp political
humor in his comedy albums Child of the Fifties and Mind Over
Matter. He was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a
Musical for his role in They’re Playing Our Song. He became a
member of the The Second City after graduating from Yale
Drama School.

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